German Sweep At The European Cup

Defending champion Christian Reichert was the fastest in both the 10K final and the 5K time trial with a total time of 2:05:09.

In the overall season standing, Christian finished with 80 points over Belgium's Brian Ryckeman with 63 and Germany's Andreas Waschburger with 62 points.

On the women's side, Germany's Gina Mohr won the overall title with 63 points over Spain's Marta Recio with 54 points and Nika Kozamernik of Slovenia with 52 points. Christian and Gina combined to give Germany its third consecutive male-female overall double title in the 2009 European Open Water Swimming Cup that offered a total prize purse of 21,000 Euros.